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Nodosariidae

Nodosariata - Nodosariida - Nodosariidae

Synonymy list
YearName and author
1838Nodosariidae Ehrenberg
1927Nodosariinae Cushman p. 43
1948Nodosariinae Dorreen p. 288
1961Nodosariidae Loeblich and Tappan
1964Nodosariidae Bertels p. 137
1984Nodosariidae Loeblich and Tappan
1987Nodosariidae Loeblich and Tappan p. 394
1988Nodosariidae Loeblich and Tappan
2003Nodosariidae Kiessling
2012Nodosariinae Carignano
2022Nodosariidae Missotti

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RankNameAuthor
kingdomChromistaCavalier-Smith 1981
subkingdomRhizaria()
phylumForaminifera(Eichwald 1830)
classNodosariata
RankNameAuthor
orderNodosariida
superfamilyNodosarioideaEhrenberg 1838
familyNodosariidaeEhrenberg 1838
familyNodosariidaeEhrenberg 1838

If no rank is listed, the taxon is considered an unranked clade in modern classifications. Ranks may be repeated or presented in the wrong order because authors working on different parts of the classification may disagree about how to rank taxa.

Fm. Nodosariidae Ehrenberg 1838
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G. Alfredosilvestris Andersen 1961
G. Astacolus de Montfort 1808
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Astacolus barrowensis Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Invalid names: Astacolus calliopsis Tappan 1955 [replaced]
Astacolus calliopsis Reuss 1863
G. †Awhea
G. Botuloides Zheng 1979
G. †Citharina d'Orbigny 1839
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Citharina heteropleura Terquem 1868
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Invalid names: Marginula pinguis Terquem 1868 [synonym], Marginulina distensa Terquem 1868 [synonym], Vaginulina flabelloides Bartenstein and Brand 1937 [synonym]
G. Dentalina d'Orbigny 1826
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Dentalina catenula Reuss 1860
Dentalina colei Cushman and Dusenbury 1934
Dentalina consobrina d'Orbigny 1846
Dentalina cooperensis Cushman 1935
Dentalina gardnerae Plummer 1927
Dentalina hantkeni Cushman 1935
Dentalina jarvisi Cushman and Todd 1945
Dentalina konincki Reuss 1861
Dentalina legumen Reuss 1845
Dentalina nasuta Cushman 1939
Dentalina oolithica Terquem 1870
Dentalina pauperata d'Orbigny 1846
Dentalina pioneerensis Kleinpell 1938
Dentalina quadrulata Cushman and Laiming 1931
Dentalina spinosa d'Orbigny 1846
Dentalina splendida Schleifer 1961
Subfm. †Frondiculariinae Reuss 1860
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G. Frondicularia Defrance 1824
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Frondicularia archiaciana d'Orbigny 1840
Frondicularia lignaria Terquem 1866
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Invalid names: Frondicularia varians Terquem 1866 [synonym]
Frondicularia naheolensis Cushman and Toodd 1942
Frondicularia tenuissima Hantken 1875
G. †Tristix
G. †Ichtyolaria Wedekind 1937
G. Lagena Walker and Boys 1784
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Lagena acuticosta Reuss 1862
Lagena apiculata Reuss 1850
Lagena artificiosa Buchner 1940
Lagena becki Sullivan 1962
Lagena citriformis Buchner 1940
Lagena clava Ozsvárt 2003
Lagena conscripta Cushman and Barksdale 1930
Lagena flexa Cushman and Gray 1946
Lagena foraminata Matthes 1939
Lagena globosa Montagu 1803
Lagena hexagona Williamson 1848
Lagena hispida Reuss 1863
Lagena isabella d'Orbigny 1839
Lagena laevigata Buchner 1940
Lagena lateralis Buchner 1940
Lagena micans Buchner 1940
Lagena pretiosa Buchner 1940
Lagena pustulata Buchner 1940
Lagena seguenzae Buchner 1940
Lagena semicostata Seguenza 1862
Lagena semistriata Williamson 1848
Lagena squamosa Montagu 1803
Lagena striata Williamson 1848
Lagena strumosa Reuss 1858
Lagena substriata Williamson 1848
Lagena sulcata Williamson 1848
Lagena vulgaris Williamson 1848
G. †Lankesterina Loeblich and Tappan 1961
Subfm. Lingulininae Loeblich and Tappan 1961
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Marginulinopsis deserti Said and Kenawy 1956
G. †Moncharmontzeiana Patterson 2006
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Invalid names: Pytine Moncharmont Zei and Sgarrela 1978 [replaced]
G. Nodosaria Lamarck 1812
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Nodosaria affinis Reuss 1845
Nodosaria anomala Reuss 1866
Nodosaria consobrina Bagg 1905
Nodosaria crassitesta Schwager 1866
Nodosaria ewaldi Reuss 1851
Nodosaria hispida d'Orbigny 1846
Nodosaria holserica Schwager 1866
Nodosaria latejugata Gümbel 1870
Nodosaria longiscata d'Orbigny 1846
Nodosaria longissima Suleimanov 1949
Nodosaria obtusa Holmes 1860
Nodosaria parexilis Cushman and Stewart 1930
Nodosaria parexilis sentifera Cushman and Parker 1931
Nodosaria pyrula d'Orbigny 1826
Nodosaria radicula Linnaeus 1767
Nodosaria raphanus Brady 1884
Nodosaria sagitta Miklukho-Maklay 1954
Nodosaria soluta Reuss 1851
Nodosaria vertebralis Brady 1884
Invalid names: Orthocera Breynius 1832 [objective synonym]
G. Planularia Defrance 1826
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Planularia beierana Guembel 1862
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Invalid names: Cristellaria jurassica Guembel 1862 [synonym]
Planularia caribbeana Bermudez 1949
Planularia tolmani Cushman and Simonson 1944
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Pyramidulina latejugata Gümbel 1870
G. †Rimulina d'Orbigny 1826
G. †Robulus Montfort 1808
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Robulus adelinensis Keijzer 1945
Robulus alatolimbatus Guembel 1868
Robulus antipodum Stache 1864
Robulus arcuatostriatus Hantken 1868
Robulus calcar Linnaeus 1758
Robulus chiranus Cushman and Stone 1947
Robulus clericii Fornasini 1895
Robulus clericii acies Cushman and Renz 1947
Robulus clypeiformis d'Orbigny 1846
Robulus cultratus Montfort 1808
Robulus deformis Reuss 1851
Robulus gyroscalprum Stache 1864
Robulus inornatus d'Orbigny 1846
Robulus insuetus Cushman and Stainforth 1947
Robulus kincaidi Beck 1943
Robulus limbosus Reuss 1863
Robulus limbosus hockleyensis Cushman and Applin 1926
Robulus mayi Cushman and Parker 1931
Robulus midwayensis Plummer 1926
Robulus nikobarensis Schwager 1866
Robulus propinquus Hantken 1873
Robulus simplex d'Orbigny 1846
Robulus terryi Coryell and Embich 1937
Robulus vortex Fichtel and Moll 1798
Robulus warmani Barbat and von Estorff 1933
G. †Tribrachia Schubert 1912
G. Vaginulina d'Orbigny 1826
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Vaginulina clathrata Terquem 1864
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Invalid names: Vaginulina proxima Bartenstein and Brand 1937 [synonym]
Diagnosis
ReferenceDiagnosis
A. R. Loeblich and H. Tappan 1987Test free, multilocular, or rarely single chambered, chambers uniserial or less commonly biserial in part, arcuate to rectilinear wall calcareous, hyaline, finely perforate, monolamellar or orthomonolamellar; aperture terminal, commonly radiate or may be rounded, slitlike, or multiple. U. Triassic to Holocene.
Measurements
No measurements are available
Locomotion: stationaryo
Life habit: semi-infaunalf
Diet: omnivoreo
Comments: epifaunal to deep infaunalf
Created: 2009-05-20 05:37:00
Modified: 2009-05-20 07:37:00
Source: f = family, o = order
Reference: Kiessling 2004

Age range

Maximum range based only on fossils: base of the Brigantian to the top of the Holocene or 336.00000 to 0.00000 Ma
Minimum age of oldest fossil (stem group age): 326.4 Ma

Collections (1009 total)

Oldest occurrences

Time interval Ma Country or state Original ID and collection number
Brigantian336.0 - 326.4United Kingdom (England) Nodosaria radicula (73420)
Gzhelian303.7 - 298.9Greenland Nodosaria sp. (132173)
Gzhelian - Asselian303.7 - 295.5Russian Federation Nodosaria sp. (75611)
Asselian - Sakmarian298.9 - 290.1Russian Federation (Bashkortostan) Nodosaria sp. (75594)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Australia (Tasmania) Frondicularia aulax (120244)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Turkey Nodosaria sp. (201387 201389)
Artinskian290.1 - 279.3Mongolia Frondicularia sp. (116247) Frondicularia zavodovskyi, Nodosaria sp. (116246)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Australia (Queensland) Nodosaria raggatti (214547 214548 214565) Nodosaria raggatti, Nodosaria springsurensis, Pseudonodosaria serocoidensis, Ichtyolaria limpida (214549)
Kungurian279.3 - 272.3Mongolia Nodosaria kolymica (116270)
Kubergandian - Murgabian272.5 - 265.0Indonesia Nodosariidae indet. (75572)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Afghanistan Tristix geinitzianus (81406)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Slovenia Nodosaria sp. (36241)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Iran Nodosaria sp. (112913 112923 112928 112929 211684)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Russian Federation Dentalina kalinkoi, Frondicularia dilemma, Frondicularia reliqua, Nodosaria omolonica, Nodosaria kolymica, Nodosaria heragona, Nodosaria lata, Nodosaria bogatirovi, Nodosaria netschajewi, Nodosaria krotovi, Nodosaria farcimeniformis, Pseudonodosaria pseudolata, Rectoglandulina pseudoborealis (102396) Nodosaria elabugae, Nodosaria netschajewi, Nodosaria hexagona, Nodosaria saggita, Nodosaria krotowi, Nodosaria farcimeniformis, Nodosaria noinskii, Nodosaria pseudoconcinna, Pseudonodosaria sp., Ichtyolaria fallax, Ichtyolaria sp. (197914) Nodosaria farcimen, Pseudonodosaria nodosariaeformis (197601) Nodosaria hexagona, Ichtyolaria subtilus (197913) Nodosaria longissima (102395) Nodosaria netchajevi, Nodosaria krotovi (197598) Nodosaria sp. (197624 197915) Nodosaria suchonensis (197600)
Roadian272.3 - 268.8Thailand Nodosaria sp. (128238)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Italy Nodosaria sp. (75474)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Svalbard and Jan Mayen (Barentsøya) Nodosaria krotovi, Nodosaria farcimen (212888)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Iran Nodosariidae indet. (118130)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Russian Federation Nodosaria krotovi (197763) Nodosaria netschajewi, Nodosaria krotovi, Ichtyolaria inflata (117264) Nodosaria suchonensis, Nodosaria hexagona, Nodosaria elabugae (197762) Nodosaria suchonensis, Pseudonodosaria lata, Ichtyolaria fallax, Ichtyolaria longissima, Ichtyolaria triangularis (197534)
Wordian268.8 - 265.1Tunisia (Madanin) Nodosaria sp. (42091)